Tailor’s Hams

We will be making tailor’s hams or dressmaker’s hams or seam rolls. A tailor’s ham is a tightly stuffed pillow used as a curved mold when pressing curved areas of clothing, such as darts, sleeves, cuffs, collars, or waistlines. Pressing on a curved form allows a garment better to fit body contours. To accommodate tapering or garments of different sizes, it has roughly the shape of a ham.

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Kits will be available for $5. Kits include fabric and sawdust for the ham. We wil get pretty dusty so please don’t wear really nice clothes or dark clothing.